We went abstract. Our initial attempts to find a narrative didn’t prove out. It was simply too boring. So, upon Gabe’s suggestion, we went abstract, and even took the idea of putting Allen Ginsberg’s poem underneath. Below you can see our final video – titled after the poem read in…
Read MoreStoryboard – How To Live in New York: Ride the Subway
Cliche? Definitely. But we thought it would be fun to subvert the expectations of everyone who’s ever seen a kitschy, buzz-feed-esque video about the hijinks and hilarity that occurs on what basically amounts to an underground clown car. The camera follows our lone hero as he/she journey’s through the subway…
Read MoreFirst Audio Project – Dreamscape, sort of.
The concept generation phase of this project was a bit tricky – we couldn’t settle. It started with wanting to capture the sounds of a unique place and play them back using multiple channels to give a 360 feel of a space. Think birds in the sky, a guy playing…
Read More3 Favorite Sounds
Toilet: Who doesn’t love a good toilet flush? Scream: Wait for it. She nails the scream, but we didn’t properly level the recorder so it peaked a bit. But this girl screamed like that in the middle of Washington Square Park. What a champ. And my favorite –…
Read MoreHer Long Black Hair – A Reaction
Surreal. Trippy. And just plain cool. The audio was perfect. The way it moved past you as you walk. The way it blends with the natural sounds around you. The eerie accuracy of some of the observations. I was really, really blown away by it. Technically speaking, it was fantastic.…
Read MoreCite me, bro?
They say that we are an amalgamation of the five people nearest and dearest to us. My personality, word choice, tone, sense of humor, world view, and general attitude isn’t actually mine. It’s a mashup. A borrowing and repurposing of others. It seems obvious to say that I have not…
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